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Holy smoke, that it MOTORING!!!!! For the record, I happen to know his best ET is 4.441, I dont think there has ever been a faster ET than that. So he may actually hold fastest and quickest records at the moment.
And I remember when 4.999 and 300mph were considered the ultimate goals! Quote:
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I watched that on TV alittle while ago... FLYING!!!
Even the crew chief.. his name escapes me atm was shocked it pulled so hard considering it was still daylight
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Yep that really is Flying! Your face must look like a Disney cartoon caricature sitting in one of them there Rockets!!
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"Putting it in perspective:-
You are riding a $250 000 Honda MotoGP bike... Over a mile up the road, a Top Fuel Dragster is staged and ready to launch down a quarter mile strip as you pass. You have the advantage of a flying start. You run the RC211V hard thru the gears and blast across the starting line and past the stationary dragster at an honest 200mph. The tree goes green for both of you at that moment. The dragster launches and starts after you. You keep your wrist cranked hard, damn hard, but you hear an incredibly brutal whine that sears your eardrums and with 3 seconds the dragster catches and passes you. He beats you to the finish line, a quarter mile away from where you just passed him. Think about it, the dragster had spotted you 200mph and not only caught you, but nearly blasted you off the road when he passed you within a 1320 foot long race course. That, folks, is acceleration. "
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thats fast and i ve also have hered that his crew chief will be at the east cost nationals at wsid next month to help out the lamattina guys
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Racecraft,
yeah I love that stat.... the other one I like is that because assume they spin the engine at max rpm - oh say for round figures at 10,000rpm for all of 5 seconds down the 1/4 mile. 10,000 revs per minute = 166.6 revs per second. So that means there is a total of 833revs were churned down the 1/4 mile. Imagine mad_kiwi's blistering SS commodore. 6000 rpm = 100revs per second but it takes him about 12 seconds to do the quarter (I know it isn't that but still) that means 1200revs down the 1/4 mile.
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wonder wat amount of fuel was used in that crazy spurt of pure power lol
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To REALLY put it in perspective, his speed at the end of the 1/4 is fast enough to be measured as a provisional mach 0.44. Almost 1/2 the speed of sound based on a average speed of sound being 761 mph.
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Anyway you put it its pretty insane , they are mad numbers .....LOL
The funny thing is the driver gets out of the car at the other end and actually looks like he enjoyed the ride
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Here's some more:-
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wow, some grouse facts there dont really mean anything until its compared to something
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Top Fuelers ROCK!
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cant wait for end of the year david grubnic will be racing Connie Kalittas zantrax 3 sponsored fuel car at wsid boxing day this car has been purchased by jim read and mike dunn nhra commentator and world class nitro car driver will be driveing the car that ben marshal is currently driving also owned by connie kalitta it has been purchased by santo rapisarda after wsid they race willowbank cant wait
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Ah the old Top Fueler's, they are a magnifecient machine, I used to help out a lot with my mate's who ran the Penzoil Top Fueler, driven by Robin Kirby, but unfourntunetly the sport become to costly and he gave it in, I remember when he was trying to do a 4sec and 300mph pass but it eluded him, it was good taking this machine to sponsered event's and start it up and watch all the people themselve's in the process.
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Hey Galaxy you didnt come down to the Warrnambool drags with Robin did you? Put on a great smoke n noise show here he did
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They ran 337mph, then had to run a 334?? to secure the record but only ran 330mph so missed out. bugger.
For those watching, did you see one run where the right lane accelerated, then slowed about 1/4 track and the left lane slingshotted instantly into the distance(just like fast forward ![]()
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sh1t thats quick...well done to the team and the driver.
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I watched this on ESPN today as well, amazing machines. EVERY record was broken that meet!
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Rip up the track, move over space shuttle thats hammering..
where will it end....how many years before we see a 3.99..
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In fact the yanks have very strict rules in place and they are now only running 80% nitro fuel, which is supposed to slow them down but infact just makes for more explosions. Im a perfect run the engine should be melting as its crossing the finish line, and after each run the engine gets completly rebuilt top to bottom, its an expensive passtime. Ive seen a funny car up close an personal and the engineering is top notch. To do those speeds it has to be.
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Rep rebult after doing around 1000 rpm...
The clearances on the bottom end is large... Yes I was in Di Filippo top fuel camp at eastern Creek..NOTHING compares to street driven engines!!! They say when one cylinder goes out as in pumping straight fuel out exhaust it looses 1000 h.p....On top of that they still run a sub 5 second run...
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